Dear
Friends, The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench of 7 Judges)
way back on 26th October 2005 in a detailed judgment in the
case of State of Gujarat vs Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Ors. had
banned the cow slaughter.
Are
you aware that Articles 48 and 48-A of the Constitution of India lays down
directive principles for the State to save the cows. These read as under :
"48. Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry.--The State shall endeavor to organise
agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in
particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting
the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.
48-A. Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding
of forests and wild life.--The State shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment
and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.
Similarly,
Article 51A of the Constitution of India lays down fundamental duty for every
citizen of India to have compassion for living creatures. This article reads as
under:
51-A. Fundamental duties.--It shall be the duty of every citizen of India--
(g) to protect and
improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life,
and to have compassion for living creatures;"
However,
sadly, the slaughter of our mother cow is still rampant in India. Cow is
worshiped by many in India and it hurt our sentiments when the cow is slaughtered.
Those who want to eat non-veg food have alternatives. Secularism and
respect for other religions does not mean that Hindu values can be ignored or
suppressed. The biggest problem is that people do not understand the
meaning of the term "SECULAR" country. Secular exactly means a
country which allows all the religions to be flourished without hurting
sentiments of each other.
Every
single State in India should ban cow slaughter. Some State
Governments have made laws to prevent cow slaughter but these are not being
implemented. The remedy is that Central Government should make a central law
for preventing cow slaughter which would be applicable throughout India and
then to strictly implement and enforce this law.
In
these ensuing Lok Sabha elections, let us impress upon and persuade our
candidates to take a vow for passing a central legislation on prevention of cow
slaughter.
The Constitution Bench
judgment of Supreme Court can be accessed at following link :
Kindly
circulate this post far and wide.
Let us save
our mother cow.
Sunil Goel advocate B.Sc. L.Lb L.Lm
